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•BON air; 



ITS ATTRACTIONS FOR SUMMER RESIDENTS 

ITS ENJOYABLE RESHDRGES FOR EXCURSIONISTS. 



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ITS ATTRACTIONS FOR SUMMER RESIDENTS 



ITS ENJOYABLE RESOURCES FOR EXCURSIONISTS. 









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GREETING. 



In order that the citizens of Richmond and 
vicinity — those living upon Railways converging 
upon Richmond — and likewise tourists disposed to 
spend a portion of their vacation time in pleasant 
quarters may understand the specific advantages 
"Bon Air" oiTers for their consideration — this ab- 
stract exhibiting its resources and attractions is re- 
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ONEY— freely and judiciously expended — has wrought 
many changes and great improvements at BoN Air since 
last year. The management is entirely new. Mr. B. 
Barnard, a hotel keeper of long experience and of enviable 
reputation, is at the head of affairs, and under his organizing 
hand everything has assumed a new and better shape. His 
purpose is to make Bon Air complete in all of its appointments, 
and in doing this he receives the thorough support of the pro 
prietors. 

FOR FAMILIES. 

Doors have been cut so as to put the rooms in the hotel and 
the cottages en suite. A separate dining-room for children and 
nurses has been built. Hot and cold baths and separate closets 
for the two sexes have been added. A thorough reconstruction 
of the culinary department has been effected, embracing every 
modern improvement in the way of broilers, ovens for Vienna 



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and French bread, etc., etc. In place of a small i-efrigerator, 
there is now an ice-chamber with ample room for meats, butter, 
etc. Additional rooms for servants who accompany families. 
Ample accommodation for private carriages, horses, etc. Flower 
gardens on both sides of the rear of the hotel, a vegetable garden 
of four acres, and a charming bower under the dining-room for 
ices, creams, lemonade, etc. Special Bon Air Police ; the host 
himself a Conservator of the Peace, duly appointed and qualified. 
No barroom in the hotel. A separate station and entrance to the 
grounds for excursion and picnic parties. New furniture, a new 
piano, etc. Finally, a new and very pretty Gothic church, 
just completed. 

FOR EXCURSION PARTIES. 

Under the new arrangements, excursion and picnic parties 
have special provision for their comfort. Alighting at the exqui- 
site little station-house — brought from the Atlanta Exposition 
and rebuilt at Bon Air — excursionists will find a porter in readi- 
ness to assist them in any way in which he can be of service to 
them. Under a specific contract between the Bon Air Company 
and the proprietor, refreshments of all kinds will be furnished at 
city prices, and at rates so low and reasonable as to commend to 
all visitors the desirability of obtaining them fresh and choice in 
all respects, rather than to bring their supplies from home ; but 
for those, however, who prefer to bring their own provisions, 
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family or party to enjoy their lunch in all the privacy and seclu- 
sion they may desire. A spacious Dining Pavilion ; two splendid 
Bowling Alleys, a new Reservoir and Fountain ; level plots for 
Croquet, Lawn Tennis, Archery, Base Ball and other sports ; 
Billiard Tables, Tournament Grounds, Cool and Sequestered 
Promenades and Drives, and a Sheltered Alley specially adapted 
to Baby Carriages, form but a part of the many attractions of 
Bon Air, At night the grounds will be illuminated with gaso- 
line, and every provision made for the security, the comfort and 
the pleasure of guests. 

FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 

The merchant, the manufacturer, the man of business of 

whatever kind, jaded and worn by heat and toil, will find at 

Bon Air a Summer home for his family at his very door, with 

the opportunity of travel to and from Richmond by the following 

desirable schedules : 

a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. 

Leave Richmond 6.35 12.07 3.25 6.30 11.20 p.m. 

Arrive Bon Air 6.55 12.42 3.49 6.55 12.05 a. m. 

A. M. a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. 

Leave Bon Air 6.55 8.00 12.04 4-oi 7-40 

Arrive Richmond .... 7.30 8.21 1.06 4.30 8.00 

At a round-trip fare of only 25 cents. 

The altitude is so great that he may enjoy each night sleep 
as profound and refreshing as he will find in the heart of the 
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well-graded country road it is still less. His wife and daughters 
have an easy drive to town to do their shopping. If he chooses 
to stay all day, the telegraph and telephone put him in instant 
communication with his counting-house and his clerks. He is 
in town and country at one and the same time. 

Strangers stopping over in Richmond, and wishing to escape 
the midsummer atmosphere of the city, will find at Bon Air the 
repose — the cool, salubrious quiet they desire so much — with 
all the comforts of the best Northern hotels and Summer resorts. 
Gentlemen and ladies who would like to give their friends a treat 
in the country, a little supper and a dance, have but to send an 
order to Bon Air in the morning and at night all will be in 
readiness for them. Sunday- Schools and other associations in 
search of the best place to give children a safe and happy holiday 
will come to Bon Air. In a word, the people of Richmond and 
of Virginia are henceforth to understand and to feel that Bon Air 
is in a decided sense their property, their Summer home and 
pleasure ground. It was especially planned and laid out for 
them. Their convenience and their enjoyment is the prime 
object of the gentlemen who have improved this property. The 
lavish sums expended there ai-e not to be thrown away. It is to 
be made a complete place, as perfect as taste and liberality can 
make it. Is anything lacking ? It will be supplied. Is anything 
amiss ? It will be remedied. 



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OFFICERS. 
T. M, R. TALCOTi; President. 
SAMUPX H. PULLIAM, Secretary. 
W]M. G. TAYLOR, Treasurer. " 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

T. M. R. TALCOTT, HUNTER McCxUIRE, 



A. S. BUFORD, 
T. U. LOGAN, 
JOS. BRYAN, 
WM. H. PALMER, 



WM. G. TAYLOR, 
C. C. McRAE, 
W. M. GARY, 
J. B. MOORE. 



B. BARNARD, 3Lmager. 



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SPECIAL SCHEDULES 

I5ETWEEN 

RICHMOND AND BON AIR. 

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a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. 

Leavk Richmond 6.35 12.07 3.25 6.30 11.20 p.m. 

Arrive Bon Air 6.55 12.42 3.49 6.55 12.05 a. m. 

a. m. a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. 

Leave Bon Air 6.55 8.00 12.04 4.01 7.40 

Arrive Richmond 7.30 8.21 1.06 4.30 8.00 

Special Excursions Every Tuesday and Friday Afternoon, 

Leaving Richmond at 5 p. m. ; returning, arrive at Richmond at 
8 P. M. or 10.30 P. M. 

A FINE BAND OF MUSIC 

on these trains, and at the Dancing Pavihon for the use of 

Excui"sionists. 

ONLY 20 MiyilTE S' RUN. 

ROUND TRIP FARE, 25 CENTS. 







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